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MapleStory Battle Mage Skill Build Guide V2

Introduction

The Battle Mage (also known as BaM) is a member of the Resistance that condenses magical power and uses it for strength and protection. Unlike other Magician classes, the Battle Mage specializes in fast, close-range combat that overpowers foes. The Battle Mage uses staffs to decimate multiple enemies with flashy attack spells and casts auras to aid the party a character is in. The Battle Mage is unique amongst Magicians as it is primarily a melee combat character. Using his staff to beat back the Black Wings, the Battle Mage will be the first into danger, placing himself between his teammates and the forces of darkness. He also has Aura abilities, which allow him to buff himself and his friends in combat.

Blood Drain (Supportive) Casts a buff that allows you to recover HP equivalent to a portion of the damage you inflict on enemies. Only up to 10% of your Max HP can be recovered with each attack. LV10: 75 MP, Buff lasts 120 sec. Recovers HP equivalent to 5% damage you inflict.

Yellow Aura (Supportive) Creates a bright yellow aura that increases the Movement Speed and Attack Speed of your party members. Cancel the aura by pressing the skill key again. Can be used simultaneously with other auras. LV20: 18 MP, +20 Movement Speed, +1 Attack Speed.

Explanation:Players can obtain 6 SP (Skill Points) for 2nd job skills by completing the new quest [Boulder Muncher Test?!] from NPC Brighton in Secret Plaza. Without this additional SP, you will not be able to max Hyper Dark Chain. To get these 6 SP, you have to finish the Alliance quests. You have to have finished all of the beginner quests. After that, meet J in the previously-glitched telephone booth and then finish the quest-line. Same as above. However, after you’ve received the Alliance medal and skill, you’ll get a quest from Brighton. He will tell you how Cygnus can help Battle Mages become even better. He will then send you to a mine where you have to mine 10 Alexandrite. Remember that to mine them, you have to attack them as if they’re monsters. After you’ve mined 10 of those stones, go to the nearest Dimensional Door and go to the Ereve Alliance meeting place. There, you’ll see Cygnus ready to finish you quest and give you 6 extra SP for 2nd job.

Blue Aura (Supportive) Creates a bright blue aura that increases Defense and HP, and absorbs the damage taken by party members. Cancel the aura by pressing the skill key again. Can be used simultaneously with other auras. LV20: 42 MP, +300 Defense, +250 Max HP, Distributes 30% damage received with 20% Damage being absorbed.

Summon Reaper Buff (Supportive) Every attack has a chance to summon a Reaper who attacks nearby monsters. However, if attacking boss or players in PvP (player vs player) will not summon Reaper. When used against mobs of monsters (Monster spawn in events or training spot), you will be able to summon infinite Reapers. LV10: 100 MP, 10% Summon chance. Reaper expires in 30 sec. Reaper deals 450% Damage.

Explanation:Dark Shock vs Summon Reaper Buff. Which 1 to choose over the other? In my experience, I find myself using less Dark Shock during training or even bossing. This is because Dark Shock casting delay is super slow. I could fit in 2 Quintuple Blow and still outdamages it. Dark Shock Hyper Skills require 149 for Reinforce, 168 for Split Damage and 189 for Cooldown Cutter. Reinforce is very insignificant. Split damage doesn’t do anything unless you miss or damage cap. That makes Reinforce even more useless. Cooldown Cutter is useless because Battle King Bar is at 170. Also, Dark Shock makes you do lower DPS (Damage Per Second). Its only use is the range it has. Some MapleStory players do max Dark Shock because they often use it for PvP (Player vs Player) for 1HKO (1 Hit KO). On the other hand, Summon Reaper Buff has a low success rate of summoning Reaper and that makes in unpredictable. You would know when it will appear compared to Dark Shock where you can use it when you see the time is right. Also, Summon Reaper Buff does not work on bosses. However, should the boss spawn creeps/non-boss monster, it can be auto-summoned and then inflict damage to the boss. It works great for training ground or party quests with monsters packed like a can of sardines. The map will be filled with Reapers slicing enemies with their scythe.

Battle Rage (Toggle On/Off) Focus on a single enemy for a short time, significantly increasing damage against them. Also permanently increases your Max HP and MP, and allows you to cut through a portion of monster DEF. Enemies’ attacks will not cancel the buff. LV30: (ACTIVE EFFECTS) 50 MP. +40% Damage, +20% Critical Rate, +15% Min Critical Damage, Max Number of Targets is limited to 1 for all skills unless buff is removed. (PASSIVE EFFECTS) Max HP MP +30%, Defense +150%, Ignore Enemy Defense +30%.

Party Shield (Supportive) Creates a protective wall centered around you to protect party members. Party members behind the wall will not take damage. Cooldown 3 minutes for all skill levels. LV30: 150 MP, Shield lasts 40 sec.

Battle Mage Mastery Books

Will of Alliance for Resistance

1. At level 10, complete all of the tutorial quests until you are level 14 with the earring. 2. At level 14, complete the airship quest (kill 80 airships get 10 chips) 3. At level 15, complete the quest where you transform into Surl (you need 10 red potions, 10 blue potions, and 3 acorns) and talk to the fat dude with the pockies. 4. (DOES NOT APPLY TO DEMON SLAYER) At level 18, complete the quest from the girl you helped in the very beginning. (she will give you a series of quests. first get 60 wooden signs, then 30 snake tails, and then kill the last monster in the training area) 5. At level 20, talk to Surl. Collect waters to fill up his tank. 6. At level 23, talk to Surl again. Enter the airplane area to find a bunch of red-hooded bunnies. Kill one and take its badge. Go back to Surl and accept his new quest. 7. FINALLY, talk to Claudine and finish the quest.

After this step, keep accepting quests from/talking to Claudine and one of her quests will eventually transport you to Ereve to get the Alliance Will skill. You will also have to talk to Lady Cygnus once you’re there in order to get the Alliance medal (gives a nice +500 hp/+500 mp)

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43 thoughts on “MapleStory Battle Mage Skill Build Guide V2”

GameMarch 29, 2014 at 2:40 AM

and dark aura give damage to your self or only to the party?

gameMarch 29, 2014 at 1:51 AM

Aymi wait so battlw mage worth opening it is fun?

AyumilovePost authorMarch 27, 2014 at 10:02 PM

@Ray: I’ll be looking into it :)

AyumilovePost authorMarch 27, 2014 at 10:02 PM

@Game: I’ll be looking into it :)

RayMarch 27, 2014 at 2:52 AM

may u please do the new update which was released today march-26 for the BM? it would be awesome!! thank u in advanced :)

GameMarch 27, 2014 at 2:36 AM

aymi can you make a guide for the revemp battle mage?

CalvieMarch 20, 2014 at 11:06 AM

I would say thank you for /this/ guide, but you’ve been helping me for years – since I joined many years ago in fact. So thank you, Ayumilove. I really appreciate all the hard work you’ve put into these guides. Thanks for helping me train, motivating me and helping me be the best I can be. Keep being awesome.

GameMarch 12, 2014 at 9:31 PM

aymi can you answer my question 4 commands down

AyumilovePost authorMarch 12, 2014 at 8:19 PM

You’re welcome Jason :)

JasonMarch 11, 2014 at 8:57 AM

Okay I understand everything now after reading thru comments. I was being stupid xD Thx for the guide.

JasonMarch 11, 2014 at 8:47 AM

Oops. Didnt see the extra skill on 3rd lol. but still i have 5 leftovers for 2nd skills…

JasonMarch 11, 2014 at 8:44 AM

Well I just went back to my old BM (lvl 131) after 450 days of void. Right now I have 100 pts and 124pts for my 2nd and 3rd skills. Little confused here… cus I have leftovers.

GameFebruary 27, 2014 at 12:58 PM

i mean i am opening battle mage and i am playing with my friend do you think that wild hunter and battle mage combine is good?

AyumilovePost authorFebruary 27, 2014 at 6:27 AM

Hi Game, I’m not sure what you are referring to with opening a battle mage. You start off as a Citizen in Edelstein (Resistance City), and you can pick up 3 types of jobs, either a Battle Mage (the guy wielding a stick), a Wild Hunter (*feemale instructor with hat and jaguar) and a Mechanic (Teddy Bear outfit).

GameFebruary 27, 2014 at 4:09 AM

aymi help

GameFebruary 25, 2014 at 1:06 PM

i am opening battle mage wth my job what job should he open?

GameFebruary 24, 2014 at 12:32 AM

and the guide to 1.2.489 update? after he will get out you will made one?

AyumilovePost authorFebruary 22, 2014 at 3:19 PM

@Game: It depends on the player whether he had max Dark Shock Splitter instead of Summon Reaper Buff.

GameFebruary 20, 2014 at 8:44 PM

and aymi pliz make a guide for after update 1.2.489

GameFebruary 20, 2014 at 8:43 PM

on hyper skill why to rise at dark shock spliter its less damage

AyumilovePost authorFebruary 16, 2014 at 7:42 PM

@JustaPlayer: It’s ok to have surplus SP (Skill Points). This is applied to some jobs too, forgot which 1 they are. No need to fix on your part :)

JustaPlayerFebruary 16, 2014 at 6:54 PM

Hey, I made a new battlemage and I seem to have 5 extra SP for my second class even though all the skills are maxed. Do you know why this is or how I can fix it?

AyumilovePost authorJanuary 29, 2014 at 8:24 PM

Hi NoName420, forgot to change the Hyper Skill. But its an alternative for those who wants to max Dark Shock :)

NoName420January 29, 2014 at 10:52 AM

Hello Ayumi, I was just wondering why you recommend maxing Summon Reaper Buff instead of Dark Shock and then hypering Dark Shock later on, after you going on about how bad the hypers are for it and how the skill is practically useless. Thank you.

NamelessNameJanuary 24, 2014 at 10:36 PM

Hi Ayumi, for the hyper skill, i think you could change hyper magic defense into hyper luck. From what i see in MSEA, my battle mage at 16x with 15% int already have max magic defense (9999) from the adv blue aura. Kind of pointless to have additional magic defense unless they remove the cap of 9999. Hope it help :D

aran888888January 20, 2014 at 11:13 AM

From what i remember, you will not need mastery books for anything you already unlocked.

AyumilovePost authorJanuary 19, 2014 at 10:28 PM

Hi kjh07, I’m not sure about that. Perhaps some other Mapler from GMS here could share their experiences :O

kjh07January 18, 2014 at 11:38 AM

ayumi, if i maxed all BAM skill befor this update, did i still need to buy new mastery book since there is new skill in 4th job. currently plying maplesea.

AyumilovePost authorJanuary 8, 2014 at 10:03 PM

@XxSlayerz: Yeah, you need to purchase those book from other players in freemarket. Once MSEA launches RED, you will just need to buy from NPC (Level 10-20 and 20-30) mastery books for 7m and 10m meso.

XxSlayerzJanuary 8, 2014 at 11:10 AM

@Ayumilove I’m playing MSEA. So do I have to buy a level 10 skill book for somthing? Thanks!

AyumilovePost authorJanuary 7, 2014 at 11:47 PM

@XxSlayerz: Are you playing in GMS or MSEA? Strange that this skill is missing from your 4th Job Skill Window. This is actually a new skill in GMS v1.42 – Dawnveil: Demons of Tynerum (Oct. 15 2013)

AyumilovePost authorJanuary 7, 2014 at 11:46 PM

@KimcheePao: Grab all the Aura (Dark, Yellow, Blue) for their passive effects, Twister Spin (great for Zakum arm bossing), Staff Expert (balance min-max damage), and Party Shield. When you reach around Level 160, most of your 4th Job Skills are pretty much maxed out.

AyumilovePost authorJanuary 7, 2014 at 11:38 PM

@Darian: Sorry, I missed out the “except Dark Shock” word after “Everything maxed”. Thanks for the notice! I have corrected it.

DarianJanuary 6, 2014 at 1:38 AM

Hello! How come on the 3rd job sp guide it says everything maxed

KimcheePaoJanuary 4, 2014 at 8:23 AM

Hey Ayumi! I have a ton of sp saved up right now because im not sure what mastery books to buy for my bam. I already have FB at 30 and MW at 30. I am currently 157

XxSlayerzJanuary 2, 2014 at 3:54 PM

Hi! I’ve just entered into 4th job and realised that the skill Staff Expert is not in present under 4th job skills. If so, how do I get this skill? Have I missed out a quest? Thanks! Ayumilove, your guides are really great!

WildHeartlessNovember 10, 2013 at 10:25 PM

is it just me or did BaM get the shaft with their new hyper skill??? 100% stance when they already had a 90% stance skill to begin with… so basically you get 20% max crit dmg and the usual dmg cap increase??? …. miss the old BaM eventhough i never leveled one past 120.

I don’t think you can max the all skills in 3rd job, unless I’m missing something here? I left Dark Orb at 9

RailBirdOctober 31, 2013 at 6:54 AM

Great guide! One small thing though. The 2nd job SP quest gives 6 additional SP instead of 7 and I don’t really understand why we’re getting those points. With the 4 job advancement SP included (94 SP in total once you reach lv60) you would only need 1 extra SP to max everything (95 SP total).

AyumilovePost authorOctober 22, 2013 at 9:51 PM

You’re welcome Bishquick :D

BishquickOctober 21, 2013 at 8:19 AM

Thanks Ayumilove! <3 all the work you do :-)

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